I’m in college and too old to trick-or-treat, but I’m autistic and even if I went to a party I’d be miserable. Since I moved out, I live in a building where I won’t get trick-or-treaters. I don’t know if there’s anything I can do for Halloween this year, do you have any advice?

realsocialskills said:

There are several things you can do on/for Halloween that don’t involve parties or trick or treating. I don’t know what kind of stuff you like, so here are some things:

Pumpkin carving:

You can carve pumpkins (most grocery stores in the US sell pumpkins suitable for jack-o-lanterns this time of year)

You can use them as decorations, even if there are no trick-or-treaters

You can also enter a pumpkin carving contest

(There may be some that adults are allowed to enter in your area; there are also some that take place online such as this one.)